$28 million Florida Lotto ticket sold in Davie
A $28 million Florida Lotto ticket was sold in Davie, and state lottery officials are still waiting for the jackpot winner to come forward. The lucky quick-pick ticket was sold at the Griffin 441 Shell located at 4801 South State Road 7, Florida Lottery says. For selling the winning ticket, the Shell station will get $100,000 in bonus commission. AdThere’s an even luckier winner in the Tampa area right now, as a Powerball jackpot ticket worth $238 million was sold on that side of the state for Saturday night’s drawing. That ticket was sold at the Publix on North Nebraska Avenue in Lutz.
Idaho ends Powerball in state, fearing foreign participation
Idaho Lottery Director Jeff Anderson addresses the House State Affairs Committee at the Statehouse in Boise, Idaho on Wednesday, March 10, 2021. The panel killed legislation that would have allowed the Powerball game with multi-million dollar jackpots to continue in the state. (AP Photo/Keith Ridler)BOISE, Idaho – Idaho lawmakers fearing foreign participation in the Powerball lottery killed legislation on Wednesday that would have allowed the game with huge jackpots to continue in the state after a run of more than 30 years. The move came after Idaho Lottery officials sought a change in state law because Powerball is expanding to include Australia in 2021 and Britain in 2022. Some Idaho lawmakers said they feared that the odds of an Idaho resident winning would be reduced with more players.
Miami-Dade man wins $2 million in Powerball drawing
The multistate Powerball game had a $2 million winner in South Florida last month. CUTLER BAY, Fla. – Just days after the $731.1 million Powerball winner was sold up in Maryland a few weeks back, a South Florida man had his own significant score in the popular lottery game. Everett Kurtz, 68, of Cutler Bay, won a $2 million prize from the Powerball drawing held Jan. 23 — the next drawing after the nine-figure jackpot in Maryland. Kurtz’s ticket matched all five of the white ball numbers but did not match the Powerball, Florida Lottery officials said. Florida Lottery says that since the state joined the Powerball game in 2009, it has generated more than $2.2 billion in contributions to education statewide.
$1B Mega Millions prize a result of long odds, slow sales
A patron, who did not want to give his name, uses the lottery ticket vending kiosk at a Smoker Friendly store to purchase tickets for the Mega Millions lottery drawing, Friday, Jan. 22, 2021, in Cranberry Township, Pa. The jackpot for the Mega Millions lottery game has grown to $1 billion ahead of Friday night's drawing after more than four months without a winner. It’s only the third time a lottery jackpot has grown so large, but much has changed since the last time such a big prize was up for grabs in 2018. After a peak in October 2018, Medenica said sales of the big lottery games dropped about 50%, prompting talk among lottery officials about jackpot fatigue. It’s hard to fathom how unlikely it is to beat odds of one in 292.2 million for Powerball or one in 302.5 million for Mega Millions.
Jackpot! Powerball winner worth $731.1M sold in Maryland
It had been more than four months since anyone won the Powerball, allowing the game's jackpot to grow so large. Just who will collect the Powerball prize may never be known: Maryland is one of the states that allows winners to remain anonymous. The Powerball jackpot came only a day after nobody won the $970 million Mega Millions prize, the third-largest prize in U.S. history. The biggest prize was a $1.58 billion Powerball jackpot won by three people in 2016. After the Powerball win, the new jackpot has a $15 million cash value.
Wow! Mega Millions jackpot now $970M; Powerball up to $730M
Hardik Kalra, of Des Moines, Iowa, poses for a photo with his Mega Millions and Powerball lottery tickets. The Powerball jackpot is the fifth-largest ever, and it will come only a day after nobody won the even-larger Mega Millions prize, which now stands at $970 million. The biggest prize was a $1.58 billion Powerball jackpot won by three people in 2016. Most winners opt for cash prizes, which for Mega Millions would be $716.3 million and $546 million for Powerball. Mega Millions and Powerball are both played in 45 states as well as Washington, D.C., and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Powerball and Mega Millions jackpots grow to combined $1.58B
And since no one picked all the winning numbers in Mega Millions on Friday night, that’s up to a whopping $850 million. You may have won something Saturday night: Here are the Powerball numbers, so check that ticket anyway: 14-20,-39-65,-67, and a Powerball of 2. The Mega Millions prize, $850 million, is the second largest prize in game history. The odds of winning Mega Millions are 1 in 302 million and those folks that took home $1 million by matching five numbers? Winning any prize in Mega Millions, according to lottery officials, is 1 in 24.
It’s not Powerball, but Miami man wins $1 million on scratch-off
MIAMI – Forgive us if this doesn’t get you quite as excited as the Powerball and Mega Millions jackpots in the news, but a Miami man has scored a $1 million top prize on a scratch-off ticket. Jaunza Kurtz, 60, hit it big on a $5 ticket in the $1,000,000 Monopoly Jackpot game, Florida Lottery officials announced. Kurtz bought the lucky ticket from Murphy USA at 17680 NW 2nd Ave. in Miami Gardens. According to Florida Lottery, scratch-offs make up about 75% of their ticket sales and generated over $1 billion for the Educational Enhancement Trust Fund in fiscal year 2019-20. ALSO SEEMiami man starts 2021 with $1 million scratch-off prizeFort Lauderdale man wins $5 million top prize on scratch-off from Publix
Powerball and Mega Millions jackpots grow to combined $1.39B
FILE - In this Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021, file photo, a customer shows off a Mega Millions lottery ticket after purchasing it, in Orlando, Fla. The next drawing for Mega Millions is Friday night, when a $750 million prize will be up for grabs. The next Mega Millions drawing is Friday night, when an estimated $750 million prize will be up for grabs. The drawing for an estimated $640 million Powerball jackpot will be Saturday night. Your odds of winning either jackpot is exceedingly small, at 1 in 292.2 million for Powerball and 1 in 302.5 million for Mega Millions.
Powerball jackpot hits $640M as Mega Millions grows to $750M
A billboard advertises the jackpots of the Powerball and Mega Millions lotteries, in Omaha, Neb., Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021. Numbers for Wednesday night’s Powerball drawing were: 4-19-23-25-49 and a Powerball of 14. The Powerball prize drawing was only a day after no one won a $625 million Mega Millions jackpot, causing that prize to grow to $750 million ahead of the next drawing on Friday night. The Mega Millions prize is now the fifth-largest in U.S. history. Mega Millions and Powerball are both played in 45 states as well as Washington, D.C., and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Powerball jackpot hits $550M as Mega Millions grows to $750M
A billboard advertises the jackpots of the Powerball and Mega Millions lotteries, in Omaha, Neb., Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021. Winning numbers for Wednesday night’s Powerball drawing were: 4-19-23-25-49 and a Powerball of 14. The Powerball prize drawing comes only a day after no one won a $625 million Mega Millions jackpot, causing that prize to grow to $750 million ahead the next drawing on Friday night. The Mega Millions prize is now the fifth-largest in U.S. history. Mega Millions and Powerball are both played in 45 states as well as Washington, D.C., and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Mega Millions $625M jackpot largest in nearly 2 years
The Mega Millions $625 million jackpot is the largest lottery prize in nearly two years. The winning numbers in Tuesday night’s drawing of the Mega Millions game were: 12-14-26-28-33, Mega Ball: 09. Nearly all jackpot winners actually take the cash option, which would be an estimated $458.8 million for Mega Millions and $411.4 million for Powerball. They're even steeper for Mega Millions, at one in 302.5 million. Mega Millions and Powerball are both played in 45 states as well as Washington, D.C., and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
No more puny prizes: Mega Millions, Powerball jackpots soar
A digital billboard in Des Moines, Iowa, on Monday, Jan. 11, 2021, shows jackpots for the Mega Millions and Powerball games. Lottery players have a chance to win the largest jackpots in nearly two years as Mega Millions has grown to $600 million and Powerball has climbed to $550 million. The projected Mega Millions grand prize is the eighth largest in U.S. history, and the Powerball jackpot is the 12th biggest. The odds of winning the Powerball jackpot are one in 292.2 million, and the chances are even worse for Mega Millions at one in 302.5 million. Mega Millions and Powerball are both played in 45 states as well as Washington, D.C., and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Powerball jackpot rolls over to $550 million
PEMBROKE PARK, Fla. – The Powerball jackpot rolled over to $550 million Saturday night when there was no grand prize winner. Saturday night's jackpot was worth $470 million. (WPLG)The last big Powerball jackpot was in March of 2019 when $768.4 million was won in Wisconsin. No one picked all of Friday night’s winning numbers, so that jackpot has reached $600 million, for only the fourth time in that game’s history. Powerball was introduced in January of 2009 with an estimated $105 million jackpot, while Mega Millions had its first drawing on May 17, 2013, with the win estimated at $190 million.
$168.5 million Powerball ticket sold at Publix in Boynton Beach
BOYNTON BEACH, Fla. – Publix stores were lucky for Powerball ticket buyers in Wednesday’s drawing. Three Publix stores in Florida sold winning Powerball tickets, but the big winner? Boynton Beach, where the nation’s lone winning ticket was sold at the 4770 North Congress Avenue supermarket for a win of (wait for it) $168.5 million. In Sunny Isles Beach, someone bought a Powerball ticket that won them $100,000 at Publix at 18320 Collins Avenue. Two $50,000 Powerball tickets from the same drawing were sold at a Publix in Poinciana, Fla., and another in Gainesville.
$1 million lottery winner buys ticket in Coconut Creek
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. – The winner of a $1 million Powerball Jackpot prize bought the lucky ticket in Broward County’s city of Coconut Creek, the Florida Lottery announced on Thursday night. The owner of M&S Food Store, at 4400 West Sample Rd., will receive $1,000 for selling the winning ticket. The winner of the $394 million jackpot bought the ticket at a 7-Eleven in Bonita Springs, a city in southwest Florida. The owner of that store will receive $100,000.
Customer tips bartender Powerball ticket that wins $50,000
(KMOV) -- A bartender in Missouri won't soon forget a tip one of her regular customers left for her: a Powerball ticket that won $50,000. The next day, the bar's lottery terminal alerted them that they had sold a big winning ticket. It turns out that winning ticket was Russey's. Her tickets matched four of the five white-ball number drawn on Oct. 19, plus the Powerball. Missouri Lottery said Russey's $50,000 ticket is the 40th sold in Missouri, and the second sold in O'Fallon in 2019.
Players hold breath as $700 million Powerball jackpot drawing nears
PEMBROKE PARK, Fla. – Lottery players will have a shot at a $700 million Powerball jackpot that ranks as the second-largest in U.S. history. The jackpot is second only to a $1.6 billion prize won in January 2016. The $700 million prize reflects the annuity option, paid over 29 years. Odds of winning the jackpot are one in 292.2 million. Powerball is played in 44 states, as well as Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Powerball jackpot hits $435 million before Saturday's drawing
MIAMI – It's time again to start thinking about which private island you'll buy as the Powerball jackpot has grown to almost half-a-billion dollars. After more than two months without a winner, the Powerball jackpot has grown to $435 million. Of course, the numbers are not close (yet) to the record $1.6 billion Powerball jackpot back won with 3 tickets back in 2016, but it is not too early to dream. If the numbers stay the way they are, a cash value payout of Saturday's jackpot would come to $237.1 million. As always, you can watch the Powerball drawing at 10:59 p.m. on Saturday on Local 10.